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Eastern Desert

a Pleiades place resource

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Desert region between the Nile River and the Red Sea.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/355872946

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
17.5505414666, 35.4795741223

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Desheret (Ancient Egyptian, 2670 BC - 332 BC)

Eastern Desert makes connections with:

None

Eastern Desert receives connections from:

Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare bounds Eastern Desert (unspecified date range)
Nilus (river) bounds Eastern Desert (unspecified date range)

Place type:
region, desert

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, 'Eastern Desert: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/355872946> [accessed: 20 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/355872946 |title=Places: 355872946 (Eastern Desert) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=April 20, 2024 7:04 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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